Primetime Ratings: Strong ‘Voice’ Brings Win for NBC

NBC was the top-rated broadcaster Tuesday, putting up a 1.5 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. A double run of comedy Great News did a 0.7 and 0.8, up from last week’s 0.7 and 0.6, before The Voice finale did a 1.9 across two hours. The Voice did a 1.5 in the 8 p.m. slot last week.

ABC was second with a 1.3/5. Downward Dog rated a 1.0; its premiere last week was a 1.1. The Dancing With the Stars finale did a 1.3, off 28% from last week.

Then it was CBS at 0.8/3. After an NCIS repeat, the Bull season finale slipped 8% to 1.1 and 48 Hours: NCIS rated a 0.6.

The CW and Fox both had a 0.7/3. The CW had The Flash season finale at 1.1, up 22%, and iZombie climbed 33% to 0.4.  

For Fox, a double shot of Brooklyn Nine-Nine did a 0.7 and 0.6, same as last week. Prison Break fell 22% to 0.7.

Among Spanish-language players, Univision had a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.